The 2023 DI men's tennis singles and doubles tournament begins today with the first singles match starting at 10 a.m. ET. The tournament will run from May 22-May 27, while the doubles championships will begin on May 23 and conclude on May 27. You can stream coverage live on the Cracked Racquets Youtube page.
Brits in action include: FIRST-ROUND SCHEDULE Monday, May 22 Singles Round of 64 1 p.m. ET Johannus Monday, Tennessee (5) vs. Ryan Fishback, Virginia Tech. Tough match for Jo? 1:30 p.m. ET Emile Hudd, Tennessee vs. Arthur Fery (3), Stanford. Could be an interesting one!
Tuesday, May 23 Time TBA Johannus Monday/Pat Harper (5-8) vs. Natan Rodrigues/Fabien Salle, Louisville
USC: In the 64-player singles event, both Samuel and Thomson enter as No. 9-16 seeds. Samuel will face Karlis Ozolins of Illinois in his first-round match on Monday at 11:30 a.m. Ozolins is currently ranked No. 23 in the ITA Singles Rankings. Thomson will have another shot at No. 28 Pierre-Yves Bailly of Texas in his first round matchup. The two competitors faced in the NCAA Quarterfinal dual match, but their match went unfinished.
The 32-team doubles event will start on Tues., May 23, with No. 1 overall seed Samuel and Thomson taking on Ozan Baris and Max Sheldon of Michigan State. Baris and Sheldon are currently ranked No. 10 in the ITA Doubles Rankings
Finn Murgett playing dubs, but nothing on the Auburn website, ditto Jake Fearnley, TCU
The Horned Frogs dropped the doubles point to No. 7 Michigan in an NCAA quarterfinal match but rallied to sweep courts two through five in singles to punctuate a 4-1 win and punch a ticket to the Final Four.
I dont know who the heck the Horned Frogs are, but Virginia appear to have won the mens final, is that them or someone else? No Brits seemed to be in the mens final
So its a local derby Womens final. North Carolina v NC State after wins over Georgia and Stanford respectively.
Interesting battle of the Brits today with Angelica Blake and Amelia Rajecki locked at one set apiece at position 3 when NC State clinched. Was a very up and down match with Angelica up in both sets only for Amelia to fight back. Angelica did well to recover from 2-5 in the tie break and Amelia closed out the second. So Blake v Rajecki 7-6, 4-6 unfinished. Good match up.
After tomorrows final the individual events start with Blake, Rajecki and Kylie Bilchev in singles and Blake, Rajecki and Miller playing doubles.
North Carolina took the womens final, dont think there were Brits in that team?
The individual womens draws are out and it looks like the 3 British women above play each other in round one!
-- Edited by Strongbow on Monday 22nd of May 2023 11:05:35 PM
Understandably and easily done - you certainly wouldn't be the first. Many other states (e.g. Louisiana) and also cities (e.g. San Diego) create similar name confusion..
First day of individual singles. Heavily rain affected, many of the matches moved indoors with some going on until after midnight.
Of the 3 British women players:
Amelia Rajecki, won in 3 sets against Sarah Hamner and now plays #10 ranked Daria Freyman.
Angelica Blake won in 3 sets against #9 ranked Anastasiya Komar and now plays Savannah Broadus of Pepperdine University who has not dropped a set all season .
Kylie Bilchev lost in 3 sets to Ariana Arsenault of Auburn University
Tuesday doubles
Angelica and her partner from Stanford play #5 seeded Amelia and Nell Miller
Alicia Dudeney and her partner from Florida University play a team from Delaware University
Sofia Johnson and her partner from Old Dominion play the #4 seeds from Oklahoma University
Brackets not updated had to look at the individual college pages
No. 5 overall seed Johannus Monday dropped a three-set match to Virginia Tech's 47th-ranked Ryan Fishback, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6. Monday logged a 19-4 singles record this season, including a 12-3 mark against ranked competition. Tennessee graduate student and 31st-ranked Emile Hudd fell to No. 3 overall seed Arthur Fery of Stanford in straight sets, 4-6, 2-6. The matches began outdoors, but were completed on the indoor courts due to lightning in the area.
South Carolina mens tennis junior Connor Thomson picked up a statement win in his late-night match during the first round of the NCAA Singles Tournament. The No. 16-ranked Thomson defeated No. 28-ranked Pierre-Yves Bailly of Texas 6-2, 6-1.
Fellow junior Toby Samuel who was also slated to play in the Singles Championship, was forced to withdraw due to illness. Sad for Toby
The Horned Frogs dropped the doubles point to No. 7 Michigan in an NCAA quarterfinal match but rallied to sweep courts two through five in singles to punctuate a 4-1 win and punch a ticket to the Final Four.
I dont know who the heck the Horned Frogs are, but Virginia appear to have won the mens final, is that them or someone else? No Brits seemed to be in the mens final
The clue is in the link I did post a whos who of colleges and nick names as so many with the same nick name
TCU are the horned frogs - nearly always gets a mention when Cam playing a match!